Herbert Woodward Martin and the African American Tradition in Poetry.

Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Child of the Depression -- Reconstructing the Childhood Apprenticeship Years -- 2. Contrapuntal Imagination -- From Coffeehouses to New York the Nine Million and Other Poems -- 3. Sight-Reading Dunbar -- The Reluctant Partnership of Two Dayton Laureates -- 4. "Interrupted Rhythms" -- From The Shit-Storm Poems to The Persistence of the Flesh -- 5. Empowering Audiences -- A Vision of Community in My Mother's Voice and Final W -- 6. Celebrations -- The Forms of Silence and the Seeds of New Projects -- 7. Reclaiming History -- The Log of the Vigilante and The Last Days of William Short -- 8. Paul Laurence Dunbar and Herbert Woodward Martin in Their Own Voices -- Martin the Dunbar Scholar -- 9. A Sound Outside of His Head -- The Poet as Opera Librettist -- 10. Remembrances and New Directions -- Galileo's Suns and A Matter of Honor -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Brief Herbert Woodward Martin Chronology -- Notes -- Works Cited -- A Select Bibliography of Works by Herbert W. Martin, 1955-2003 -- Index.

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